roof top rescues, homes under water. boats and helicopters trying to help families leave and pets being saved. isaac is now a tropical storm but still pounding the region with heavy rain. good evening. i'm dan ashley. 1500 people evacuated west of new orleans because of rising flood water from tropical storm isaac. the big storm is creeping along and piling up water with intense downpours. this house like many could not take all that water as you can see. officials say one levy will have to be punctured to relieve the pressure against it. dozens of people in louisiana and in coastal, mississippi have been rescued. more on that from abc 7 news reporter bill weir. >> reporter: the 7th anniversary of katrina, another are day of roof top rescues. while the new $14 billion federal levy system held tight isaac proved too much for the old earthen levies in the rural suburbs south of town and dozens of families woke up with

the realization that their homes were drowning fast. >> we had to break through the ceiling and come through the attic and they took us out of the attic into the boat. so bad down there. so bad. >> i lived there for 53 years and this is my first time seeing something like this! this ain't never ever happened to us. this is insane. >> some were rescued by game wardens. others relying on the kindness of stranges like jesse shafer the third and fourth. the father son samaritans jumped into their fishing boats in the predawn dark and went hunting for the helpless. saved around 60 people and dozens of pets. >> they were caught in the attic. it is hard to know what they were in there or not if they couldn't hack their way out. >> we never seen anything like this. not even cattrano.

>> billy, the colorful president who came to fame during the b.p. still was back be in front of cameras imploring neighbors in still dry homes to get out before another breach. >> we have got about is six hours that is enough time to get everybody out. we need you to move quigley. >> responders had to spend tense hours waiting for winds to calm before they could evacuate this are inning home. other authorities fanned out in an effort to convince others to flee like the family of alameda celebrating her birthday by running for high ground. >> my mother named me after hurricane anita which passed the day i was born. >> we will now move to the down the coast abc 7's ginger zee is in long beach, mississippi where they are not just battling floods and high winds but reports of tornadoes as well. >> reporter: i am standing on what was highway 90. the storm surge has been pushing up and over flooding it highway. the median is right in front of

me but there is no chance of seeing it. and this needle like rain and pounding winds is that van with us all day. also inland major flooding going on. hundreds of roads closed just in the state of mississippi. people under water. homes, some schools reporting flooding. and if that wasn't enough. a third are threat. tornado warnings, a swarm around us all day. >> ginger zee reporting. let's get the latest on isaac from spencer christian. now, tropical storm but still quite dangerous. >> the seasonster a little to the west northwest of new orleans. you you can see how massive and widespread the effects of the storm are. we still have tornado watches by the way in effect in this box in this area of a large part of mississippi and eastern louisiana as ginger zee just mentioned there because the bands around the center of the storm do spawn tornadoes. here is the track it is on at the moment. maximum sustained winds 60 miles per hour.

tropical storm isaac now. no longer a hurricane. moving towards the northwest at 6 miles per hour. moving very slowly, thus dumping heavy rain on all area affected by the storm. it is expected to take a track up into western arkansas the next couple of days brushing the eastern edge of oklahoma and curling back northeastward through missouri and oh over towards illinois. going maintain the structure for several days and will be a major rain producer and possibly a flooding storm the next four days through sunday evening. dan? >> all right, spencer. a big storm in terms of size. >> it was is a massive storm. now, burglary suspects trying to get away from police. they managed to make it 40 miles before officers arrested two of them as sky 7 hd hovered above. they were caught after a chase on is several east bay freeways at speeds more than 100 miles per hour. it started on 780 near the glen cove area of vallejo and continued on to 680 throughual

net creek on to highway 24 and through the tunnel and then to highway 13 in oakland where the driver tried to make a u-turn and crashed. as abc 7 news reporter nick smith explains, police are still tonight looking for one person who was in the car. >> reporter: sky 7 hd was overhead when a police chase that started in vallejo ended with the driver of the suv crashing his vehicle at a north oakland exit ramp. >> suspects jumped out and ran down the hillside. police gave chase on foot. a perimeter was nut place and within minute two suspects caught the and cuffed and taken into custody. a search continues for the third. officials with the oakland unified school district tell us the elementary school was on lockdown as a precaution but the order was brief and administrators told us "everything was fine." police requested help from chp when the driver ignored an

officer about's request to stop and instead took off. police tell abc 7 news that the men involved are burglary suspects. not only did they want to elude capture they tried the best to get rid of stolen goods as a police helicopter followed them. >> a lot of the property theyed they were throwing out of the vehicle as the pursuit was occurring. >> most of the tossed items recovered along the freeway. all will be used to help police build this case and look for a possible connection to others. >> next as we try and gather the evidence and take in the two suspects we have in custody. >> police have not been able to locate the third suspect a black male in his 20s. low cropped hair and clean shaven. he may have one affected by poison oak. any one with information is asked to call vallejo police department. in oakland, nick smith, abc 7 news. in marin county a crash sent the driver of a scooter over a busy freeway to the road

below. a portion of downtown second street closed because that is where the scooter landed, hitting a stopped car. no word on the condition of the rider with you it appears the accident happened after the scooter hit the freeway median. a dog riding in a pouch was found dead. people in the flooded visitation valley neighborhood of san francisco were allowed back in their homes for the first time in more than 24 hours. cleanup continues around the huge sinkhole caused by a broken water pipe. power are and water were restored and residents returned to their houses over a make shift bridge. crews worked to reduce the size of the hole by making a plywood wall inside. >> temporary backfill around the much smaller footprint to restore much of the intersection and greatly reduce the public hazard here. >> crews dug out the broken piece of the 42-inch water are pipe this afternoon. investigators are trying to pinpoint the cause of the

rupture. in san jose, firefighters made the difficult decision to let a huge plant nursery burn to the ground this morning. that is because firefighters were concerned about pesticides and fertilizer that could be sped around by the water. terry mcsweeney has the story. >> reporter: when firefighters arrived about midnight the 50-year-old summer are winds nursery was engulfed in flames. the pictures from san jose firefighter karl rose show what firefighters were up against. >> it was determined at the time that the priority was to let it burn off and that would create less of a hazard than dumps thousands and douse thousands and thousands of gallons of water on it. >> the water that was used in spots but prehe vented from entering the storm gutters was tested to see if the plan worked. >> most of the products here are organic. only a few that are are concerned and those testing as i said was well, well below anything hazardous. >> the regional manager for the summer winds nursery chain

raced to the scene in the middle of the night but could only watch as business burned to the ground. he choked up when i asked him his thoughts. >> i don't know what thoughts i had. memories. a lot o of memories in the store. 50 years of doing business. a lot of good people have worked here. it is kind of tough to see it go. we will be back, though. >> reporter: a nursery employee arrived at work this morning concerned his job like the building itself had been lost. >> scared me because no jobs right now. you know, i work for 20 years here. >> reporter: the regionial manager later assure him he still had his job. as far as a cause for the fire investigators say it does not appear to be suspicious and they do think it started in this corner of the building and that is where the building had its electrical panel. in san jose, terry mcsweeney, abc 7 news. this was the biggest night of paul ryan's political life.

>> delegates, and fellow citizens, i am honored by the support of this convention for vice president of the united states! >> and the official vice presidential candidate comes out swinging. so did condoleezza rice. >> you can come from humble circumstances and you can do great things. that is does not matter where you came from, it matters where you are going. we'll have all of the highlights from tonight's republican national convention in

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at the republican national convention paul ryan accepted the party nomination for vice president and then turned to praise and ridicule. >> after four years of getting the run around america needs a turn around and the man for the job is governor mitt romney. president obama was asked not long ago to reflect on any mistakes he might have made. he said well, i haven't communicated enough. he said his job is to "tell a story to the american people" as if that is the whole problem here?

he needs to talk more and we need to be better listeners? ladies and gentlemen, these past four years we have suffered no shortage of words in the white house! what is missing is leadership in the white house! >> paul ryan tonight in tampa. former secretary of state condoleezza rice spoke of military strength and of education. >> my fellow americans we do not have a choice. is we cannot be reluctant to lead and you cannot lead from behind. we have to have high standards for our kids because self-esteem comes from achievement, not from lax standards and false praise. we need to give parents greater choice. particularly, particularly poor parents whose kids very often minorities, are trapped in

failing neighborhood schools. this is the civil rights issue of our day. >> some of the highlights of the speeches from the republican national convention and the republicans may be throwing the big party in tampa this week but that does not mean by any means that the democrats are staying home. they set up a war room in tampa to push back on the gop convention message. abc 7 news poe he lit cal reporter mark matthews is there tonight with that story. >> reporter: it is the republican national convention but right across the street from the convention hall the democrats are getting their message on a hard to miss billboard and down the street inside the democratic war room researchers are taking the republicans emphasis on mitt romney's business experience and pushing back. >> for companies it means they get loaded up with debt. for workers it means they lose their healthcare, their retirement and their jobs. >> reporter: former obama white house press secretary robert

gives calls it truth serum but if it sounds more like the democratic party line listen to what the dems are saying about the gop prolife amendment plank. >> not having access to healthcare and choice in abortion if you are a victim of rape or incest, which is the party's platform, is a truly stunning thing. >> reporter: and it would be if it were accurate. >> and that is is not accurate. >> reporter: rob farley is point man for fact check.org's coverage of the convention and republican response. he says they don't talk about rape or incest. >> it doesn't get into those kind of specifics. >> it would leave exceptions up to the state but that fact isn't deterring democrats like l.a.'s mayor. >> whether it is the issue of abortion even in the case of rape and incest. >> we have been busy as you can imagine. >> far early says in spite of all of the fact checking the same old misinformation is

being repeated by both sides. it hasn't really changed the dialogue. necessarily should or is intended to. i think you are at least providing a service and people can see what the facts are and make informed decisions and that is enough. >> that is mark matthews reporting from tampa. to see more of what fact check.org is doing at the convention we have a link on abc7.com. just go to see it on tv. and you can follow mark's convention coverage tonight and tomorrow on twitter at matthewsabc 7 or on the abc 7 news facebook page. mark is filing very good reports. and reports tonight that actor clint eastwood may sur are price audiences as a missster arery speaker at the republican national convention. he is said to be flying into tampa either today or tomorrow. the 82-year-old endorsed romney earlier inth month. president obama took his reelection campaign online today. he went on to the social media

site and when submitted an ama request meaning ask me anything so many people responded it crashed the site. he said a manned mars flight to what was his most difficult decision and offense and he replied the surge in forces in afghanistan and asked who was the best nba player ever. michael jordan. interesting. the best weather forecaster ever? >> spencer christian. >> i didn't have to pay you much to say it either. >> talk about the forecast around here. following isaac obviously. >> and, of course, isaac is still tropical storm dumping flooding rains across the southeast and mississippi valley and gulf coast. by sharp contrast here in the bay air as we see down into the bay we don't even have a marine layer tonight. clear skies from coast to it inland much like today and it is so mild and pleasant around the bay area. go to live doppler 7 hd to give you another look at the absence

of marine layer. clear skies right now and these are our temperature readings. it is 81 degrees at antioch at this hour. 77 at concord. 79 at san rafael. 78 liver more. 72 san jose and san carlos and 62 in san francisco. coastal fog will return overnight and into the we e&s hours of the morning. lots of warms in the especially in the inland locations and much cooler on friday and saturday. give you a look at our forecast animation starting at 11:00 tonight at which point we will still have almost no coastal clouds at all but the fog will press up against the coast during the overnight hours and by 5 a&m it will look like this. speaking of overnight and 5 a.m. low temperatures into the mid 50s for most of the bay area. 49 sossanta rosa and 50 at nap. the fog burns back quickly away from the coastline. another sunny day from coast to inland and another warm day with highs in the low 60s at

the coast. 70s mainly around the bay and upper 80s to near 90 in the warmest inland spots. start in the south bay. sunny and warm. highs mainly in the low to mid 80s. 83 san jose. 84 campbell. 82 claire. on the peninsula. 75 mill bray. 79 redwood city. 80 palo alto and low to mid 60s on the coast at pacifica and half moon bay. downtown san francisco a high temperature of 70 degrees tomorrow. 63 in the sunset district. in the north bay, mainly mid up toker 80s. 85 at napa. 86 calistoga. ukiah 90 degrees tomorrow afternoon. the east bay highs of 77 berkeley. 78 oakland. 80 fremont and castro valley. the inland east bay warm again but probably won't see any 90s tomorrow. 88 fairfield. 789 liver more. brentwood and antioch 87. at concord danville and

pleasanton. monterey bay highs in the low 70s near the bay. 34eud 80s inland. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. we cool down rather sharply on friday and saturday. inland highs barely reach 80 degrees the two days. up to about 70 around the bay and mid to upper 50s on the coast. we will warm up nicely on is sunday. and by monday, labor day, we'll have high temperatures inland right up around 90 degrees again. >> looks good. >> nice work, spencer. thanks very much. >> still ahead tonight, the dancing twins who have become an internet sensation. check these is little people out. stay with us.

in los angeles tonight, 11 people hurt, 9 children when a

car plowed into them near a school. witnesses pulled victims from underneath it. it happened near the l.a. coliseum. the driver is more than 100 years old. four of the injured children are in serious condition. and an accident at 8th and market streets in northern california tied up lunch hour traffic in san francisco south of market. it happened just before 11:00 when a pickup truck and a jeep cherokee collided. the cause of the accident is under investigation. a major northern california wildfire that threatened thousands of homes and led to a massive evacuation is about now to be fully contained. cal fire says firefighters should have the ponderosa fire contained this evening. they are mopping up some of the remaining hot spots. the fire outside of redding consumed 43 square miles and destroyed at least 140 structures in the two weeks since it started.

one survivor of the 74,000-acre fire in pumas saginaw county on her way to recovery. this baby bobcat was found saturday with crusted eyes, burned feet and walking in circles around a tree stump confused and scared. she had gotten separated from her mother. she was taken to a wildlife refuge in lake tahoe and see is eating 12 mice a day and on the mend. a set of twins dancing to daddy's guitar have become an internet sensation. >> daddy is going to play them a little song while they are eating their peas. >> you guys ready? ♪ >> okay. how cute is that. the girls apparently love jamming with their dad who says this is the reaction he gets every time he plays the guitar for them. that is cute. >> all right, well, as we

continue tonight a lot more to bring you. coming up, hard new numbers on how long is takes for bay area veterans to collect on a disability claim and why it is so much worse here than other places. and a tell all from navy seals on what really happened on the night osama bin laden was killed. >> this nursery rhyme takes on new you meaning in the happens of uc researchers. up you next, giving this dog a up you next, giving this dog a bone means having hello?

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excerpts from a book written about the attack that killed osama bin laden released tonight. they paint a different and controversial version of the events during and after that raid. here is abc's brian ross. >> reporter: the first details provided by the white house and mill tare arery to abc news and others describe the scene in which bin laden was confronted in his bedroom, his youngest life by his side. making a move interpreted as rehe siftance and shot in the chest and above the left eye. >> and, indeed, he did resist. >> that is not true according to the new book. he says bin laden was shot in the side of the head as he peered out his bedroom door. according to box ex-pearls owen writes that the seals found bin laden twitching and convulsing after he was shot. we trained out-of-bounds lasers on his chest and fired is several rounds, slamming his

body into the floor until he was motionless. two weapons were found in the room but not loaded toy cording to the account. he had no intention of fighting. >> since there was no camera running up the stairs with the seals we will never know what what actually happened. >> one other note from the book with one helicopter down the flight back to the base was is so crowded one navy seal actually sat on the chest of the dead bin laden. president obama honored and praised the courage of the team after the raid. >> job well done. job well done. although the author reportedly wrote none of us were huge fans of obama. we respected him as the commander in chief of the military and for giving us the green light on the mission. >> brian ross reporting for and bc news. >> the book entitled no easy day was written without pentagon knowledge. they are not happy about this. officials is there are pouring over the book to see if an military secrets are revealed

and what consequences that might bring. a judge says he not delay a trial. google has already scanned more than 20 million books for the project. a group of authors is claiming copyright infringement. they had received class action status. citigroup agreed to pay $590 million to share holders. the bank denied allegations but said it agreed to the deal, nearly 600 million today's eliminate the cost and uncertainty of litigating the class action lawsuit. confidential information between pg&e and a victim of the san bruno pipeline explosion was mistakenly posted on the internet. pg&e paid $1.8 million to a teenaged girl who suffered severe burns during the blast two years guy that killed 8 people. pg&e settled a quarter of the

400 claims filed and so far paid $145 million but details of the settlement have not been made public. we some hard new numbers tonight on just how long it can take for a bay area veteran to collect on a disability claim with the veterans administration. the findings were published by the center for investigative reporting in berkeley. more from kira clapper. >> it wasn't until recently that i realized that something was county right with me. >> dottie was a pri guard more high value detainees. >> i was there basically without protection. >> she wasn't wounded in iraq but nine years later is hyperaware of surroundings. >> i think it is because i didn't have that layer of protection that i had to be more aware than most people. >> the stigma of depression and anxiety kept dottie from cooking help. what ultimately led other to

the service offense was a foot and ankle injure. >> she sustained in base eck training. >> he started asking me random questions like where do you sit in restaurants and that kind of thing and i said i sit so i'm not seeing the door. he said i will give you a number and you you need to call someone. >> she has been waiting a year and half for a decision on her ptsd claim. veterans are waiting months to hear back from the v.a. and in oakland the average is more than nine months one of the longest waits in the country. >> those who do this work we have been knowing this for years, decades. >> michael of swords to it blow shares says advocates hands are tied. congress woman jackie is spear who held a hearing on the matter is leading a bipartisan effort to press v.a. for a plan that deals with the blog. >> we had one veteran from world war ii who fought the

about the battle of the bulge and d-day and for him to have to wait a year and a half at the age of 94 to get a response from it the v.a. borders on criminality. >> reporter: the v.a. sent me a statement with the agency's official response that reads in part v.a. has completed a record-breaking one million claims her year jet too many veterans have to wait to long to get the benefits they earned and deserved and that is unacceptable. they say they are working to decrease the time a veteran needs to wait until they find out if they can get help. in the newsroom, abc 7 news. paying for are community college is getting tougher for thousands of california stew you dents. our media partner at california watch is reporting that a growing number of community colleges statewide are ending their participation in the federal student loan program. it is all because of a federal law that cuts off access to grants for schools where student loan defaults reach

30%. critics say students will be forced to use credit cards with high interest rates to pay for education as a result of this. 16 colleges in central and southern california stopped distributing federal loans. for a list go to abc7.com and click on see it on it tv. half a million students on a waiting list for courses at community colleges in california according to the los angeles times. in addition the paper says the state's community college system has suffered about $809 million in state funding cuts since 2008. the number of class sections decreased 24% since then and two thirds of students facing longer wait times to see academic or financial aid counselors. >> a 68-year-old man who is fired for a stunt he did nearly 50 years ago. his former company welche wello says they are just following the rules.

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days in jail. the tougher standards being applied across the board because of possible fines nor noncompliance. a medical break through for pets could hold big promise for people. the story of a brave dog who may never take his chew toys for granted again. >> whiskey is a and like most dogs loves to chew on pretty much anything. >> want another one? here you go? >> that is why the owner got worried when his constant chewing suddenly stopped yes. >> loves the chew stick and wasn't eating it. >> tom thought it was a tooth ache but it was cancer. >> almost the entire left side of whiskey's jaw would have to be removed to save his life. it is operation that historically left dogs is a rearly disabled. >> the quality of life is impaired. cannot catch a ball, play tug

of war after such a procedure. >> but researchers found whyky was a candidate for a cutting edge procedure the sponge is soaked in a protein that attracts the natural stem cells and encourages them to grow new bone. >> by two weeks we can feel hard tissue forming underneath the skin and by three months we have near native density. >> whiskey the president of an exclusive club. only 8 dog ever had the procedure performed and his is by far the big jeff we have not seen complications of any kind so we are thrilled with the results. >> researchers say the success has far reaching implications for dogs and eventually for humans even if it the line between the two gets blurry. >> we never treated h him like a dog. he is part of the family and this is nothing we wouldn't do

for him. >> in davis, abc 7 news. boy, he is going at it. whiskey is loving it. one more note, the jaw bone surgery is not yet accessible to the general public and said to cost upwards of $8,000. there is that old superstition so blame it on the black cat, right? that is what the they doing in toronto after the critter ran across the soccer pitch last night. the goal keeper makes a nice save even with the distraction. it came back to haunt him. they scored twice in the final minute to win the champions league game. now, to another team. the pedaluma national little league team geintt a big league salute. they finished third and got aeration welcome home here on monday. the a's honor the boys friday night. the boys get to shag balls for the a's during batting practice and be on the field

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down the street. >> i ducked a few in my day as well. a day tomorrow that should please our audience. sunny skies all across the state from top to bottom tomorrow. nice and warm with high temperatures 93 degrees at chi coe and sacramento. 83 los angeles. 71 big sur. in the bay area e summer spread evident tomorrow. highs from 62 at pacifica on the coast to 78 at oakland and to 89 degrees at brentwood in our inland east bay. and here is a look at wider range of high temperatures for tomorrow. generally see mid to upper 80s in our inland locations all around the bay area. upper 70s to near 80 around the bay and 60s on the coast and here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. we will cool down on fred and saturday but temperatures bounce right back on sunday just in for labor day on monday when high temperatures inland back up around 90 degrees, once again. >> very nice. thank you spencer very much. brown bagging it just got a lot

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a bit of penny pinching has is gotten a popular fast food chain in hot water. why they say it is helping speed up service. new from amp, no, not another iphone. we they are getting into the phone buyback business. all that coming up at 11:00. larry beil here. a lot of baseball to talk about. >> and the a's a terrific story. under the radar for much of the season but if the playoffs were to start tonight the a's would be in. after posting back-to-back shutouts in cleveland finally gave up a run tonight. in cleveland, they call it puppy palooza. 366 pooches in the park as cabrera not around to see the pooches or the rest of this game. you can point once. you point twice at the ump and he will run you. third inning. named jasons a guy jimmed donald. off the top of the wall and

out. the a's. josh donaldson. two on in the fourth and that is gone. watch the hunt for the souvenir. and snagged right there. nicely done. 3-2 a's. a little breathing room in the 7th. cris carter waits on the breaking ball and slams it into left. is seth smith in for the 6-2 lead. the a's now hold the wildcard lead by one full game oh over baltimore. hunter pence feeling right at home. this is what everybody connected with the giants wants to see a lot more of from hunter pence. his 19th on the year but only second as a giant, a barry zito give and 4-0 lead and could not hold it. bret wallace scores jose. the shortest outing of the season lasts just two in and a third. joaquin arias. pence and the giants on top 6-3. lopez on in relief with a tying

run at the plate. castro with the sharp grounder to first. belt snagged it to start the game ending double play. the giants win 6-4. dodgers played a day game in colorado. the long ball was their friend in denver. even without the injured matt kemp. rmac and the dodgers make a 6-0 lead. a.j. ellis grand slam in the 8th. went up 10-1 and had to hang on for dear life. 10-8 the final. l.a. three and a half games behind the giants. kim cleijsters h heaviry favored. but you blew a 5-2 lead in the first set. robeson using big serves to win the first set by tie break. another in the second set. three time u.s. open champion at age 29 she decided going

into the event it would be her final tournament. mallto be sanford senior burdett e&s quite the story. last in the ncaa singles to nicole gibbs. and all this tennis has not kept her out of the loop when it comes to stanford football. >> i and wait to get out to the games fall quarter. i think we will do well. there was kind of a battle for the quarterback position. i believe josh nunez won out. i'm excited to see what he has to offer. >> she is right. nunez is starting quarterback. burdette faces the three seed maria sharapova. needed just 54 minutes to dismandel lingo of spain.

sharapova in straight sets. highest seeded american man is 6'9" john isner. number mean in seed pushed to the the brink by javier in the first round. huge unforced error. the service winner on the next point. on to round two. finally if you ran a multibillion dollars business would you put it in the hand of replacement employees? that is what the nfl is doing with today's word that replacement refs will work opening week and this could go on while the real refs are at odds over a contract. peyton manning will make a million dollars a game this year. 7 refs will make $21,000 combined all of that day all of them totaled up. >> exciting watching the terrible calls. >> that is this edition of abc 7 news at 9:00. for larry beil and spencer christian i d